A Window into the Hearts and Minds of Billionaire Donors
Billionaires explain why they give money away.
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Liz Theoharis: Organizing the Rich or the Poor? Which America Will Be Ours After the Pandemic?
Why the poor will be more successful in gaining material and political ground if they design initiatives and advocate.
Read more...Why Americans Are Tiring of Social Distancing and Hand-Washing – 2 Behavioral Scientists Explain
Most people are not neurotic enough to maintain disiplines like social distancing over long periods of time.
Read more...Riot or Resistance? How Media Frames Unrest in Minneapolis Will Shape Public’s View of Protest
Data on media bias in covering protes
Read more...Death, Suicides, And The Pandemic Economy
The data on suicides and economic distress is more muddy than you’d expect.
Read more...Yes, You Can Drink the Water: Clean and Safe Public Water Supplies. Microplastics, A Plea for a Modest Post Coronavirus Priority
Leaders of countries should consider what they must do to ensure we can drink the water in a world after we have learned to cope with coronavirus.
Read more...U.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
The U.S. fumbled its coronavirus response. Its intent to hoard vaccine profits only isolates it from other countries working on remedies.
Read more...Coronavirus Bad Look at Grandview Medical Center ER in Birmingham, Alabama
Coronavirus mask defiers in all the wrong places.
Read more...New York Rent Strikes During the 1918 “Spanish” Influenza
The hard-fought rent battles during and after the Spanish flu make modern protests look tame.
Read more...The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration
The inescapable dilemma facing social democracy
Read more...Because Culture Matters, There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Exit Strategy from Covid-19 Lockdowns
Quelle surprise! Local norms play a meaningful role in Covid-19 transmission, which has implications for how to end lockdowns.
Read more...A Way To Make COVID-19 College Furloughs More Fair
Looking at how to cope with the college and university funding crisis.
Read more...Waiting for “Rooseveltian Relief”: An Oversimplified Framework for the Employment Situation
“Nothing fundamental will change.” –Joe Biden
Read more...Surgical Masks: From Protection to Fashion?
A random walk through the world of masks.
Read more...In Quest of the May Day Strikes
A round-up of May Day strike coverage.
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